Rohtak, June 21 -- A 27-year-old liquor contractor was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside a vend at Kharak Ramji village in Jind on Friday evening, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Virender alias Binder. He was facing nearly half-a-dozen criminal cases, including attempt to murder said police. The killing comes a week after a wine contractor was gunned down in broad daylight near Meena Market on the busy Delhi-Ambala National Highway on June 13.

The Opposition has launched a scathing attack on the Nayab singh Saini-led BJP government in the state alleging breakdown of law and order machinery.

According to the Jind police spokesperson, the incident took place when Virender was sitting outside his vend on the ou...